In four days, Louisiana voters will cast their ballots in the runoff election, but many in the state have already voted.

Officials tell WDSU that early voting for the runoff election was up 16 percent. More than 250,000 Louisiana voters cast their ballots early. That's out of nearly 3 million registered voters in the state.

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Twenty thousand votes have already been cast in St. Tammany Parish. The ballots will remained sealed until they are counted on Election Day Saturday.

Officials tell WDSU that's 5,000 more early votes than in the October primary election. So based on those numbers, what will election day look like?

"It should be somewhere in the upper-40 percentile. Some comparisons show it at 52 percent. We're sticking with about 49 percent turnout," said Willie Johnson, chief deputy at the Tangipahoa Parish Registrar of Voters.

From the looks of it, the jump appeared obvious. Tangipahoa Parish voters lined up early to cast their ballots.

The governor's race appears to have pulled more people in to vote early. But much more is at stake on the Northshore.

There's the Tangipahoa Parish president race, the sheriff's race in St. Tammany Parish and an important millage decision in Covington.

While the Registrar of Voters office believes voter turn out will be in the upper 40 percentile Saturday, the fall out from recent international events like the Paris terror attacks could push that number even higher.

"You can make predictions, but it's all about the weather and the last-minute drive by the candidates," Johnson said.